Category: Regional-Local News

Texas Supreme Court Clears the Way for Education Agency Takeover in Houston

The Supreme Court of Texas has cleared the way for state-appointed managers to replace school board members in the state’s largest school district. On Friday, the state’s highest court reversed a temporary injunction that blocked the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from taking over the Houston Independent School District (HISD), according to a decision released by the…


LA Sheriff’s Deputy Suffers Medical Emergency While Driving, Dies in Torrance

TORRANCE, Calif.—A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) detective suffered an apparent medical emergency while driving and died, crashing his vehicle in the Torrance area, authorities said Jan. 16. The crash occurred about 10 p.m. Sunday on West Carson Street at Vermont Avenue, according to the sheriff’s department. “It is with our most profound sorrow…


Arizona Farmers Say Illegal Alien Traffic Through Fields Contaminates Crops and Threatens Food Security

Arizona farmers are warning that illegal alien traffic through farmland is contaminating crops and threatening the nation’s food security. The border crisis is putting the nation’s food security in danger, two Arizona farmers with fields near the southern border told Fox News in an exclusive. President Joe Biden promised Arizona residents earlier this month that he…


High School Teacher in Maryland ‘Accidentally’ Emailed Sexually Explicit Photos to Students

A high school in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, issued an apology on Friday after an employee accidentally emailed sexually explicit photos to the entire student body, according to school officials. The email, sent by an unnamed employee, contained seven sexually explicit thumbnails. School officials are asking students to stop spreading the email online. On Friday, Principal…


Los Angeles Police Chief Orders Removal of Thin Blue Line Flag From Police Station

The police chief of Los Angeles ordered the removal of a Thin Blue Line flag from a police station lobby due to concerns about “extremist groups” allegedly “co-opting” the flags. Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said he ordered the removal after a member of public complained about a Thin Blue Line flag being displayed…


Baby, Teen Mother Among 6 Killed in Shooting at California Home

VISALIA, Calif.—Six people—including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby—were killed in a shooting early Monday at a home in central California, and authorities are searching for at least two suspects, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies responded around 3:30 a.m. to reports of multiple shots fired at the residence in unincorporated Goshen, just east of Visalia,…


7 People Rescued from San Diego River Following Strong Rains

SAN DIEGO—Seven people were rescued Monday from the rain-swollen San Diego River, but none suffered any injuries. Just after 9 a.m., the San Diego Fire Department’s swift water rescue team responded to the area of the river near 4700 Pacific Highway. A swift water team rescues a woman whose car was submerged in the San…


Alabama Basketball Player, 2nd Man Charged With Murder

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and another man have been charged with capital murder after a fatal shooting near campus. Tuscaloosa Police Capt. Jack Kennedy said that the shooting occurred early Sunday morning in the Strip off University Blvd. near campus. He said Jamea Harris, 23, of the Birmingham area was shot and killed….


Virginia Elementary Students Asked Role Play Slaves, Landowner; School District Apologizes

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Parents of fifth-grade students at a Fairfax County school learned on Jan. 12 that their children were asked to role-play as slaves and landowners during a classroom activity. “This activity was inappropriate and not part of our approved division curriculum,” wrote Josh Douds, principal of the Centreville Elementary School. “During the activity, students…


Virginia School District Apologizes After Elementary Students Asked to Role-Play as Slaves, Landowners

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Parents of fifth-grade students at a school in Fairfax County, Virginia, learned on Jan. 12 that their children were asked to role-play as slaves and landowners during a classroom activity. “This activity was inappropriate and not part of our approved division curriculum,” wrote Josh Douds, principal of the Centreville Elementary School. “During the…